Golf-bag support



G. A BENNETT GOLF BAG SUPPORT Filed May I5, 1924 I TTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

UNITED STATES GILBERT A. BENNE'ILT, 0l COLUMBUS, OHIO.

GOLF-BAG SUPPBT.

Application led lay 3,

donvenience -of this practice will appear' when it is considered that in the average golf game this will involve stcoping to pick lo u the bag some hundred or moreY times. urthermore, a golf club is a very delicate device and the slightest imperfection in bal- Ence will make it entirely worthless and the throwing of the bag to the ground, together p with the stumbling over same by player and caddy, has hitherto not only-resulted in damaged ba but has" also resulted in damaged and bro en golf clubs.

My invention Ahas t0 do primarily with the -provision-goasimple, etlicient and inexpensive for eliminating the` heretofore, `nuintioned annoyances andv inconv veniences attending golf playing which comprises 'a device which may be readily at- 39 tached to the golf bag whereby the bag may be made to stand upright uponthe ground. One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a device which may be attached toor detached from the bag with a minimum of time and effort and which, when attached, may be inserted in the ground to retain the bag in upright position. The 'rev sult is that the bottom of the bag will be reinforced and the bag positioned upright instead of being carelessly thrown to the ground, thus not only making it very con- Lvenient to draw and replace clubs, dispose and regain the be but also conserving the appearance of the ag and reducing the lia bility to injury and damage of the clubs to aminimum. v

Another object of my invention contemplat the provision of a device of special design whereby it may be attached to bags of varying sizes without change.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a su port as a single integral unit. The result is that it is cheap and-simple to manufacture and light, a ve important feature when it is considere that 1924. Serial* lo, 710,843.

during a game, the bagis carried great distances. L

A still further objectief my invention has to do.l with the revision of a resilient support that may e contracted and placed 1n the base of a standard golf bag and then released with the resultthat the support will be held in place due to its own resiliency.

AOther objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent as thisdescription progresses and will be brought out in the apv pended claims. The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate similar parts and wherein:

Figure l is a .vertical section of a golf bag of standard construction showing, in full lines, the preferred form of my novel support attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bottom of the structure shown in Figure'l and showing the manner of leaving one end of the support open.

Figure 3 is a plan view of my novel bag support showing the manner of arranging the prongs inside the normal circumference v of the support.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical section of a modiiied form of my invention wherein the' prongs are attached to the reinforcing ring in the bottom of the bag.

Figure 5` is a fragmentary vertical` sectional view showing a modified method of attaching. the supporting device to the bag.

In the drawings, my invention is shown in its preferred form as comprising a horseshoe or C-shaped resilient member 1 having a plurality of downwardly extending oiset prongs 2. The prongs 2 may be of any number and arranged in any position, but as shown in Figure 3, I preferably arrange the prongs inside the normal circumference of the open ring member 1.

The member 1 is preferably made of a resilient material and may obviously be made smaller in diameter by moving the prongs at the open end of the ring toward each other. This member 1 is designed to be inserted in the base of a standard golf bag 'which bot; tom or base may be designated 3. Such golf bags are usuall provided with leather or cloth sides 4 an a leather cup-shaped base 5.

`'The method of constructing a standard golf ba of this type consists in bending the leather ase 5k about a reinforcing ring 6 in 110 of the bag, and it is this point of construc shaped bottom 5. to be contracted and placed in the cavity in tion which I utilize in my invention by providing a resilientineinber 1 designed to removably iit in this cavity formed bythe cup- The ring 1 is designed 6, so that Vwhen re a plane above the ringl e bag above the ring leased, it will engage t and thus be held iii-place. n

While under all ordinary conditions, myV supporting device' `will be suiiciently resili-jy i ent to be held in place in the bottomof the i golf bag, yet it will be obvious that in some vparticular cases the resilient member 1 could not be positioned above the ring member 6.

Securely in have provide a plurality of projections or v rivets 8. The purpose of these projections between the outer circumference is to indent or pierce the cloth or leather bag, S

as shown at 8 in Figure 1, and thus assist in lretaining the support 1 in position in addition to the resilient 'restraining eii'ect of the support and the ring 6, l An additional method of fastening the resilient member 1 in place is to provide a toand'be retained in position by gol suitable means for fastening the device permanently to the bag, as for instance, by using bolts orrivets as shown at 9 in Figure 5. A modified form of-support is illustrated in Figure 4 wherein the reinforcing ring member 6 is shown as being provided with integral downwardly depending prongs 10. Such a structure would not be removable,

l is designed to'beremovably applicable'tothe "ibase of the golic 'bag and which device is ttom ' upright upon the needed..- Having thus db v 4riligeilniy invention, what I claim is'z' 'Y -1- l1. A golfba supplrtdompris" removably engage the bottom of the olf bag, and a plurality of prongs carrie by and projecting (downwardly from said memlsr. 'lfb v 2. go ag support com risi an o en ended 'member of` sufficient isiligcy topremovably engage the` bottomv of golf lbags ofvarying diameters, and means projecting more@ .veeel-*eet l a ent open ende annular member a apted to `'downwardly from said member for support- ,c

ing the bag in position.

3. In combination with a. 'golf 'ing a bottom reinforcing ring, a resilient member having downwardly depending prongs and adapted to engage the bottom of Therefore, in order to hold the member 1N place under all conditions,'I-

ent ring shaped memberand prongs depend- ;ingfrom said ring shapedinember. 1

however, and the specially .designed ring "retaining ently o of 'suiiicient -.resiliency 'that it can be applied .lof vvarying diameters. it will further be i .i obviousvthat my simple, resilient support can y be quickly applied to the bag at any time bags . pendin downwa 5.-y A golf bag su port comprising a rin shaped member apted to be positione .adjacent.thebottomz'ro the golf bag, seid support beingvheld in position by means of the lateralressuregoi the support against ag at;

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the) Walls lo the olf bag, and prongs deadapte to; engage z.the supportin surface.

6. In combination with-a golf ag 'of a support resilient] engageable with the golf bag for holding t e support in position, and prongs projecting downwardly from said y vfrom said support and l su port for supporting the bag in position. In combination with a golf bag nfs support resiliently engageable with the-geit` V bag for holding the support in positionV and means forming a part of said-su port for' carried .by said support for engaging said support with the supporting surface. Y 8. A golf bag support formed as 'a unit com risinga ring shaped member and down-- fprongs positioned within ier 'war ly depending the normal circuin rence of said ring. ture. v GELBERT A. BENNETT.

in testimony whereof aiiix my signs said support in positionl independsaid resilient action, andmeans 

